The Role of Public Places in Increasing the Tendency to Addiction in Yazd City in 2015
Background: Addiction is a serious threat to the health of a community, such that treatment costs and the likelihood of its high recurrence necessitate a turning point in the areas of prevention. Considering the role of public places in shaping the motives and beliefs of individuals, this research w...
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2017-06-01
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| description | Background: Addiction is a serious threat to the health of a community, such that treatment costs and the likelihood of its high recurrence necessitate a turning point in the areas of prevention. Considering the role of public places in shaping the motives and beliefs of individuals, this research was conducted with the aim of studying the role of these places in creating a tendency toward addiction in Yazd.
Methods: Cross-sectional method was employed in this research and the statistical population consisted of citizens aged 15 - 50 years old in Yazd of which, 400 samples were selected by multistage cluster sampling and they were studied using a self-made questionnaire.
Results: The findings unveiled that there is a direct and significant relationship between the use of public places and the tendency to addiction and the highest percentage of drug distribution in parks was observed by 35.8% of respondents. Similarly, 19% in cafes, 9.3% in coffee shops, 6.5% in gyms and 4.1% in hairdressers observed drug distribution. Locations with less damage were government-licensed and located on main streets. Also, there was a significant relationship between the family's supervision of the children's travel and the unreliable trust of visitors to these places with tendency toward drug use.
Conclusion: Identification of unlicensed personal service centers and outlying sites, monitoring smoking and drug use in parks and cafes and applying age restrictions and regulations in entry to these places, while paying attention to the companionship of families with their offspring are effective strategies to reduce the tendency toward addiction. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d1c2ee6d4f5a447aa808a9fdb5e336ae2022-12-21T17:59:19ZengShahid Sadoughi University of Medical SciencesSocial Behavior Research & Health2538-48132538-41552017-06-0112108118The Role of Public Places in Increasing the Tendency to Addiction in Yazd City in 2015Akbar Zare Shahabadi0Zakieh Soleimani1 School of Social Sciences, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran Background: Addiction is a serious threat to the health of a community, such that treatment costs and the likelihood of its high recurrence necessitate a turning point in the areas of prevention. Considering the role of public places in shaping the motives and beliefs of individuals, this research was conducted with the aim of studying the role of these places in creating a tendency toward addiction in Yazd. Methods: Cross-sectional method was employed in this research and the statistical population consisted of citizens aged 15 - 50 years old in Yazd of which, 400 samples were selected by multistage cluster sampling and they were studied using a self-made questionnaire. Results: The findings unveiled that there is a direct and significant relationship between the use of public places and the tendency to addiction and the highest percentage of drug distribution in parks was observed by 35.8% of respondents. Similarly, 19% in cafes, 9.3% in coffee shops, 6.5% in gyms and 4.1% in hairdressers observed drug distribution. Locations with less damage were government-licensed and located on main streets. Also, there was a significant relationship between the family's supervision of the children's travel and the unreliable trust of visitors to these places with tendency toward drug use. Conclusion: Identification of unlicensed personal service centers and outlying sites, monitoring smoking and drug use in parks and cafes and applying age restrictions and regulations in entry to these places, while paying attention to the companionship of families with their offspring are effective strategies to reduce the tendency toward addiction.http://sbrh.ssu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-28-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1Addiction Public Places Tendency Drugs Cafe Yazd |
| spellingShingle | Akbar Zare Shahabadi Zakieh Soleimani The Role of Public Places in Increasing the Tendency to Addiction in Yazd City in 2015 Social Behavior Research & Health Addiction Public Places Tendency Drugs Cafe Yazd |
| title | The Role of Public Places in Increasing the Tendency to Addiction in Yazd City in 2015 |
| title_full | The Role of Public Places in Increasing the Tendency to Addiction in Yazd City in 2015 |
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| title_short | The Role of Public Places in Increasing the Tendency to Addiction in Yazd City in 2015 |
| title_sort | role of public places in increasing the tendency to addiction in yazd city in 2015 |
| topic | Addiction Public Places Tendency Drugs Cafe Yazd |
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